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ROBERT JOSEPH BENZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 9, 1946 – September 13, 1968
Service recordRobert Joseph Benz, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 45
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 44W, Line 45
- RAYMOND BEAMPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- STEVEN LEE BECKFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1968
- FRED ARTHUR BELCHERPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- STEVEN RANDALL BROOKSLance Corporal · September 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERENCE MICHAEL HUSTEADSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 49
- GARY LEE LEWISPrivate · Panel 44W, Line 50
- LONZO JOSEPH MORAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 51
- RICHARD WILLIAM WELCHPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 55
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.